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Most accurate version by far.(And a lot easier on the old £'s.)
At last, although it's been a while since I last saw this.I had never forgotten it,especially the scene where Harker looks out of his castle window and see's Dracula clinging to the walls. <
>Louis Jourdan breathes new life into the titular character. <
>(With just the right air of a European nobleman, polite, curteous but with an arrogant streak). <
>This was the first time I'd seen the delightful Judy Bowker on TV since Black Beauty. <
>The ever reliable Frank Finlay plays a wonderful Van Helsing.(His 1971 Casanova is worth a look too.) <
>If you have never read the novel,then this is the most accurate version I have ever seen. <
>Bram Stokers characters and Prose are faithfully transferred to the small screen. <
>Production values are typically BBC late 70's videotape,but it's the story and acting quality I buy for, and not a slightly dodgy stage set! <
>(I've decided to plump for getting the region 1 version as the region 2 is costing £12.) <
>Original airdate:~ 22/12/77.

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I was a kid too .....
I was a kid too when I first saw this dramatic adaptation of the classic novel. It is unfortunate in a way that I saw this at such a formative age ... because I have viewed every adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel from the perspective of this classic drama. Nothing ever came close. It has all been a big disappointment. Made in the classic years of British television, this for me, is the one and only -- the most accurate, most compelling, most frightening adaptation of the Dracula story I have ever seen. I am so happy that I can see it again on DVD.

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FINALLY . . . seriously
How long have I been waiting for this? Has it really been nearly thirty years? I was just a little kid when this thing aired on PBS, and then . . . it never came on again, as near as i can tell. What happened to the good old days, when PBS recycled? Oh, they're still showing Lawrence Welk, but the Dracula mini? Nay. So I pondered and I puzzled, and I searched the Web in my adulthood feverishly for even a bootleg DVD, and now . . . it's happening. My only regret is that I've orderewd this thing a month ago, and still have to wait until the end of September for it to arrive! I remember the bad 70's vido special effects of this, but I don't care, because at the time, theu were being pretty cutting edge, especially for the BBC, who have much, much, MUCH more class than money. So occasioanlly annoying effects aside, or production values stabnding out, like the obvious indoor sets, this is a great effort to really do something with the classic novel. Here, Dracula is presented as an implied Antichrist or cult leader, seeking disciples, a very ominous concept for the late 70's, what with Manson and Jim Jones. I have never forgotten the baby in a sack Dracula brought to his brides for food, because at that young age, I had not read Stoker's novel. This is the show that made me want to read it, and as soon as i was able, I did. I can say, hands down, this is the best adaptation yet. There are some liberties taken with the story, but no more than any other Dracula movie - in fact, less than most. And most importantly, in this post Anne Rice era, Dracula is EVIL in this one. Sure, he can be romantic and sexy (we are talking Louis Jourdan, after all), but he is a monster, a bloodsucker, just as Stoker intended. In my world, there's only room for ONE manic-depressive, remorseful vamp, and that's Barnabas Collins. Kudos to whoever realized this was a DVD that needed to be released! Finally . . . seriously.